Newer Record Set!
New World Record Sunfish Caught: He was soaking a live nightcrawler a foot above bottom on a drop-shot rig in 10 feet of water on mighty Lake Havasu February 16, hoping to hook a sunfish or perhaps a bass, when something remarkably large inhaled his bait. In-Fisherman… Dan Johnson – February 28, 2014
“I couldn’t believe it,” he says. “I’ve caught red ears up to 2½ pounds, but nothing close to this.”
Hector Brito
During spawning time Bluegills tend to construct their round nests on shallow flats protected from pounding waves and current. Males seek the inside corners of bays, dead-end creeks, and shorelines with high banks that block prevailing winds.
The peak of the initial spawn occurs progressively later at higher latitudes, though coastal areas tend to warm faster and higher elevations remain cool longer.
World Record?
This barn door World Record Red Ear Sunfish caught, had a 19-inch girth, Wow!
World Record Sunfish Caught: Robert Lawler of Lake Havasu, on May 2 landed a huge 5.55 pound, 16.75-inch redear sunfish out of Lake Havasu.
Lawler used a Texas-rigged 7-inch Power Worm.
OMG! Smallie!!!!
Check out this other lunker smallmouth bass.